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November 28, 2023

Hiring Skilled Workers Remains Top Challenge, Shows MA Business Leader Survey

November 28, 2023 (BOSTON) – Reporting that hiring and finding workers with the right skills continues to be a top challenge, an overwhelming majority (95%) of Massachusetts business leaders support Gov. Maura Healey’s efforts to improve our education system to […]

October 26, 2023

MBAE Hosts Top Leaders of Color to Discuss Solutions to Inequities in Education

As part of our ongoing efforts to shed light on long-standing educational disparities throughout the Commonwealth, MBAE, along with our partners at Latinos for Education and Education Trust in Massachusetts, recently hosted an event “Equity in Education: Building Education Pathways […]

June 21, 2023

Building Student Pathways to Careers in Health

A new report by MassINC and MBAE charts a path to address the growing healthcare workforce crisis building on the popular Early College health career pathways programs. Tapping the Power of Health Pathways in Early College High Schools lays out […]

March 9, 2023

Governor Healey’s First Budget Supports Growth in Key Education Initiatives

Governor Healey’s first budget proposal (H.1) includes major increases in education and workforce development funding, making the significant connection between spending on education and college and career pathways and the state’s competitiveness. We know that these expenditures support both student […]

February 2, 2023

New Legislation Would Build Education Pathways, Grow Skilled Workforce, Improve Economic Mobility

Legislation filed by Rep. Chynah Tyler and Sen. John Cronin takes aim at our growing workforce and equity challenges, taking urgently-needed action to bolster student learning and improve economic opportunity. An Act to Create and Expand Student Pathways to Success […]

November 30, 2022

National Experts, Mass. Leaders Agree: Education Pathways Can Grow Skilled Workforce, Improve Economic Mobility

As the new administration of Gov. Maura Healey and Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll take office, how can we expand career connected learning options for all students in Massachusetts? That was the focus of a recent Student Pathways to Success webinar, […]

November 29, 2022

Read the Student Pathways to Success Policy Agenda

The Student Pathways to Success Coalition is dedicated to empowering students, particularly those from historically under-resourced communities, to thrive and prosper in the Massachusetts economy thereby closing wage and wealth gaps and promoting a more equitable Commonwealth. We are committed […]

November 10, 2022

Join us Nov. 29 for a Student Pathways to Success Webinar

October 27, 2022

Student Pathways to Success Coalition Aims to Connect Students to Opportunity

Today, MBAE and a cross sector group of organizations committed to educational equity, and that represent students, parents, educators, and employers, launched the Student Pathways to Success coalition. Together, we are committed to universal access to a meaningful and relevant […]

October 21, 2022

New STEM-focused student pathway announced

Yesterday, the Baker administration announced the creation of STEM-Tech Career Academies – a new education model that will put high school students on pathways to STEM careers. Based heavily on the P-TECH high school model that has been successful in […]

September 27, 2021

Join Us October 12 to Learn More About P-TECH

P-TECH: From Classroom to Career to a Stronger Economy We are pleased to announce that Kara Miller, Editor and Host of Innovation Hub from WGBH and PRX, will lead this discussion about P-TECH, a pioneering high school model that stands […]

July 14, 2021

Legislature steps up for students, increases funding for Early College expansion

The Massachusetts House of Representatives and Senate stepped up for students and voted to approve a final FY22 budget that doubles the state’s funding for Early College. The Legislature’s budget includes $5 million for the Early College Programs line item […]

October 31, 2020

Early College is a tangible equity and recovery strategy

Out of the 11.6 million jobs created in the post-Great recession economy, 11.5 million went to workers with at least some college education, and 8.4 million of these went to workers with a bachelor’s degree or higher, according to the […]

February 11, 2020

Early College: Supporting a proven strategy for boosting college completion

Commissioner Jeff Riley announced last week that Early College is one of three priority strategies he’d like to see districts adopt as part of the three-year plans they are required to develop to close equity and opportunity gaps. While relatively […]

July 23, 2018

MBAE Participates in Regional Effort to Identify High-Value Credentials

MBAE is pleased to participate in a recently launched initiative from the New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) to identify high-value credentials in key growth industries and make this information more readily available to the public via the Credential […]

June 27, 2018

Ed Secretary Meets with MBAE Affiliates

MBAE affiliates met with Secretary of Education Jim Peyser on Wednesday to discuss affiliate priorities and the Baker Administration’s agenda, in a discussion that focused on empowering educators to drive school improvement, increasing student exposure to growing industries while still […]

July 14, 2014

New Standards Require a New Assessment

The early deadline for districts’ to choose giving the PARCC test or the now 17-year-old MCAS exam next school year has passed. As of June 30th, 297 districts have made a binding decision of which assessment to administer next spring […]

May 19, 2014

Prepared for College? Massachusetts 12th Grade NAEP Results

There is a new measure from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) tying 12th grade results to college preparedness. In 2009, for the first time, NAEP reported state results for 12th Graders from 11 volunteer pilot states including Massachusetts, […]

March 24, 2014

The New Opportunity to Lead

In the Constitution adopted in 1780 and in force today, the people of Massachusetts recognized that the “opportunities and advantages of education” were “necessary for the preservation of their rights had liberties,” and directed the representatives of the people to […]

August 26, 2013

New York Connects Teacher Prep to Classroom Performance

This month New York City became the first district in the nation to release reports on how teacher preparation programs relate to performance in the classroom. The Teacher Preparation Program Reports, released by the NYC Department of Education, evaluated the […]